Brought home an old Mac and a Husky 61.

[Ryan_289]

We brought the kids home to see the grandparents for Easter and today dad and I were working at the farm. He told me I could have my grandfather's 2 saws. I never remember the old Mac being used but I sure have a lot of memories of the 61. Up until I left home in 2000, dad and pop burned wood in outdoor furnaces. We probably burned 10-12 cords of wood per year. I helped once I was around 12 up until I left for college. Pop was still cutting wood up into his 70s. That 61 was the first saw I ever ran. Dad said it was running when they put it up a while back but i haven't tried it yet. I'm going to start another thread on it. It's getting restored. The McCulloch is a Powermac 6. It's not locked up, I'll probably try and get it going as well.

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[Ryan_289]

If I am reading it right that 61 is a 1986?


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[JohnT34]

Yep 1986
Should have the K&S open port p&c and tillotson 163 carb
If you need any advice I have rebuilt several of these
Crank seals will definitely need to be changed


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[Cycledude]

Wow they are dirty but I bet they will clean up nice and look great, I own a 61 that I bought new in about 1981, kinda wore out but it still runs great.

 

[CausticUC]

Bar looks a bit long on the mac 6? Funny how much bigger that little saw sounds compared to newer ones.

I've a some what fuzzy manual for it if you need one.

Use mine quite often as it is a convenient size and having proper dawgs makes it great for limbing.

 

[CausticUC]

Think this was before I fixed the recoil the second time.

Starting it: full choke, when started switch to half until warm, the off and you are good to go.

Yours looks to have the manual oiler like mine.

 

[Ryan_289]

The bar on the McCulloch is a skinny 16" I believe. The bar on the 61 is a 16" as well. Most of the firewood cutting i remember doing with this one was cutting up large tops from hardwood clearcuts.

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[CausticUC]

The bar on the McCulloch is a skinny 16" I believe. The bar on the 61 is a 16" as well. Most of the firewood cutting i remember doing with this one was cutting up large tops from hardwood clearcuts.

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They are both the same length?

I was seeing 2 tailgate panels on your 6 and 1-1/2 on your 61. Optical illusion I guess.

 

[lostone]

I have a few PM6's around myself. My father had one in the mid 70's he used for firewood. He worked that saw like it was a 10-10 and it kept going. One of the biggest issues I have found when working on them is if you pull the fuel tank to work on anything you will have a hard time getting it to seal again once you put it back on. I ended up using nitrile O rings around the end where it goes into the carb to stop the leaks.

 

[rwoods]

Looks to me that you have an early PowerMac 6A - an auto oiler with the manual assist. Nice saws. The first saws I ran as a teenager were 6As. Ron